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noun
One of the diatonic scales; a group of notes or musical pitches in a particular pattern, used to make melodies. The pattern for a major scale is: tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: major diatonic scale
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Broader terms: mode, musical mode
Narrower terms: C major, C major scale, scale of C major
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